Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tuesday April 14th

From Russ Alderson:

From 16th st entrance, up and over Lookout Hill to Wellhouse Drive and out (1 hr.)

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/14/09
Number of species: 30

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 2
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron 2 flying
Great Egret 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay X
crow sp. 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Pine Warbler X
Palm Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X

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From Orrin Tilevitz:

Late afternoon, in weather only ducks and ducklike swimmers could love

Mute Swans
Canada Geese
American Coot (2)
Ruddy Ducks
Northern Shovers (3)
Great Egret (1)
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Flicker
House Finch (group, southeast lakeside)
Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow (West Island Cove)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
House Sparrow
Feral Pigeon
European Starling